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Interactive Maps

To start an interactive map, click on the Map column label. A new browser window will open with a visual display of data appropriate to the selected service. Users can zoom, pan, identify, search and even download data from these maps. JavaScript must be enabled and popup blocking must be disabled for these maps to function properly. For more information on the data included on any particular map, click on the Info column label.

The web-based interactive maps use a commercial package produced by ESRI called ArcIMS. The data are housed in a relational database using a commercial package produced by Oracle. The communication between the map interface and the database interface is achieved via a package produced by ESRI called ArcSDE.

Coastal Habitats & Ecosystems
Map Info WMS California Current Regional Ecosystem
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Coastal Habitat
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem
Map Info WMS National Marine Sanctuaries - Central California Marine Habitat
Map Info WMS Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)
Map Info WMS Relative Abundance Tool─Galveston Bay, Texas


Ocean Exploration - Digital Atlases
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration—Regional Atlas—California Current Updated Item
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration—Regional Atlas—Caribbean Sea Updated Item
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration and Research Regional Atlas: Arctic Updated Item
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration and Research Regional Atlas: Gulf of Mexico Updated Item
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration and Research Regional Atlas: North Atlantic Updated Item
Map Info WMS Ocean Exploration and Research Regional Atlas: South Atlantic Bight Updated Item


Commerce and Transportation - Emergency Response
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project Interactive Mapping Server


Katrina Impact Assessment
Map Info Hancock County, MS Updated Item
Map Info Harrison County, MS Updated Item
Map Info Jackson County, MS Updated Item


Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Map Info WMS Coastal Ocean Observing System
Map Info WMS Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) Case Study
Map Info WMS Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) Updated Item
Map Info Hypoxia Data Inventory
Map Info WMS Hypoxia Watch
Map Info WMS Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Interactive Map
Map Info WMS Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Water Quality
Map Info WMS National Marine Sanctuaries West Coast Observing System
Map Info WMS Sistema de Observaciones de Florecimientos de Algas Nocivas (HABSOS) Updated Item
Map Info WMS Phytoplankton Monitoring Network


Coastal Risk Atlas
Map Info Alabama
Map Info Florida
Map Info Georgia
Map Info Louisiana
Map Info Mississippi
Map Info Texas


What does WMS mean?

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) protocol defines a simple interface for web-based mapping applications. The WMS protocol is based on a simple query syntax for posting a request for the desired layers and region to the server, which returns a map as a standard image (GIF, PNG, JPG). The capabilities of a Web Map Service are described in an XML (Extensible Markup Language) document. Click on the WMS column label to access this document.

With the information provided by the capabilities documents, here is an example of how to generate maps using NCDDC's WMS connector.

Example 1: Map of Louisiana and Mississippi coasts containing oil and gas pipelines, artificial reefs, and coral EFH boundaries. 

                
http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?BBOX=-91.27,28.343,-87.70,30.89&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=400&SRS=EPSG:4326&LAYERS=artificial_reefs,states,efh_coral,oil_and_gas_pipelines&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&FORMAT=JPEG&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&REQUEST=GETMAP&ServiceName=CHP